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DE Guest · October 14, 2025 · …distributed across field operations, manufacturing, and even business management. For instance, one of the world’s largest suppliers of cement rolled out a simulation app for contractors that can help them decide on concrete curing times, a critical factor for both safety and profitability. The app integrates local weather…
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DE Guest · September 14, 2018 · …(IoT) connectivity, topology-optimized lightweighting, additive manufacturing alternatives, and/or digital twin initiatives is mind boggling. Even without such cutting edge projects, the ever-present pressure to design more product iterations and perform more systems engineering in less time means design engineering teams need to take advantage of every efficiency. Selecting…
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Pamela Waterman · December 1, 2004 · …tooling (RT) or rapid manufacturing (RM) systems. Whetherthe parts are directly fabricated in a final material or indirectlycreated via a variety of methods, rapid tooling and manufacturing(RT&M) solutions are not only on the roster but playing firststring in a diverse arena of manufacturing applications.One participant on the popular…
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Kenneth Wong · July 20, 2021 · …first in-person event: the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) conference in Orlando, Florida. “The overwhelming vibe was pure excitement, from the attendees who I sat with during meals and presentation breaks to the exhibitors who were anxiously awaiting to speak with anyone who walked into their booths. It…
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DE Editors · December 1, 2009 · …he could provide the manufacturing part of the solution. This is the happy patient two months after his cleft palate surgery. Roscoe and Stoddard met with Morehardt and came away confident that they could use RMB Tool’s SLS systems from 3D Systems to create the dozen or more…
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Pamela Waterman · October 1, 2007 · …and on direct digital manufacturing techniques (RP&M).“An informed client is our best client,” they unequivocally state. So what makes an informed client? Is a little knowledge a dangerous thing? And what role do service bureaus play in grooming their clients for success?So Many Choices For Patrick Hunter, vice…
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DE Editors · January 1, 2005 · …acquire Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd.,a manufacturing process management (MPM) software solutions provider for the automotive,electronics, aerospace, and other manufacturing and processing industries, forabout $228 million in cash.The transaction is the fourth technology acquisition since UGS launched independentoperations in May 2004, showing it to be continuing its expansion of softwaresolutions…
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David Cohn · October 1, 2018 · …also incorporates improvements in additive and subtractive manufacturing, and modular plant design, and includes access to the Solid Edge Portal, a secure online service providing CAD management, viewing and collaboration capabilities for controlled project documentation and CAD file sharing. Solid Edge 2019 (also referred to as ST10) is…
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Kenneth Wong · June 1, 2016 · …manufacturers are currently exploring additive manufacturing’s (AM) potentials for mass-production of end-use parts. If the early initiatives prove successful, what used to be a prototyping and mockup building technology could become a full-scale industrial process.“The use of 3D printing to produce final parts is going mainstream among the…
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Tom Kevan · January 17, 2020 · …to predict and mitigate manufacturing-induced variations. Image courtesy of MultiMechanics. Catalysts for Change Why are engineers and developers turning to advanced materials, and why have technologies like multiscale modeling and simulation become important? This movement has been percolating for a while, slowly gaining momentum over time. Once relegated…
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DE Guest · June 3, 2022 · …and shorten processes when manufacturing those new shapes with additive manufacturing processes. Combining topology optimization and parametric exploration allows engineers to step beyond and optimize their best designs further. Go Faster The traditional pressures of time, cost and quality still apply even as complexity increases. Therefore, companies need…
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Brian Albright · August 1, 2014 · …exploring the use of additive manufacturing (AM) in what they do. Fritz, 3M’s Manufacturing Technology Manager, said, “In our business, we focus on collision repair and car care. We provide our customers with total solutions for refinishing automotive bodies.” Fritz and his team have found that AM could…
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Kenneth Wong · May 2, 2016 · …BrainsIn its early days, additive manufacturing (AM) was a prototyping method, but the more mature AM technologies of today are well on their way to becoming viable manufacturing options. AM can build biomimicry-inspired design like organic shapes and honeycomb structures previously dismissed as impractical or too costly to…
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Randall Newton · March 20, 2017 · …such as machine learning, additive manufacturing and robotics; andchanging the way products evolve, through use of cloud technology, knowledge automation and big data analytics.For CAE engineers in the meeting, Leuridan brought all this talk of business transformation and digitalization home. Mechanical components will become smart systems that integrate…
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Kenneth Wong · September 29, 2022 · …Autodesk business consultant and additive manufacturing (AM) specialist, chose overengineering to account for the unknown. “We know about the conditions on earth and we have a pretty good idea about the other planets in our solar system. So if it can handle conditions 10 times worse than the…
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Beth Stackpole · February 1, 2018 · …James White, practice director, additive manufacturing at CIMdata. “A lot of what’s required for product lifecycle management involves objects, documents, files and metadata that is outside of the engineering department. There’s a recognition that much of the content is coming from other places.” Solid Edge Portal allows users…
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Pamela Waterman · March 1, 2007 · …is rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M)? Is it solid freeform fabrication? 3D conversion? Whichever term you choose, the in-the-trenches folk keep making progress, offering new systems and materials. From the race for less-expensive hardware to the drive for more durable materials, there have been some interesting gains across…
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Tom Kevan · October 1, 2019 · …or spatial requirements, materials, manufacturing methods and cost constraints. Through an iterative process, the software explores all possible permutations and quickly generates several design alternatives, learning what works and what doesn’t from each iteration (Fig. 2). Current use cases have shown that generative design can reduce part weight…
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Kenneth Wong · May 1, 2018 · …interesting surfaces over the manufacturing-friendly oval, rectangular and cylindrical products. This has resulted in the use of flexible PCBs, dubbed Flex Rigid boards. Many of them were incorporated into the flip phones that now seem quaint. Because of their bendable, flexible, fabric-like connectors, they can fit into tighter,…
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Pamela Waterman · December 1, 2012 · …its design. Part count, manufacturing approaches, assembly requirements, material properties, and costs must be constantly reviewed and evaluated. The more complex the product is, the harder it can be, especially under time-to-market pressures. The ideal product includes innovation at every step, and Altair ProductDesign offers this through its…
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